Chapter 7. Configuring cascading replication using the web console

Procedure

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

3. Enable replication:

   1. Click Enable Replication.

   2. Select Consumer in the Replication Role field, and enter the replication manager account and the password to create:

      

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      These settings configure the host as a hub for the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

   3. Click Enable Replication.

Verification

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.
3. If the Replica Role field contains the value Hub, replication is enabled, and the host is configured as a consumer.

Procedure

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

3. Enable replication:

   1. Click Enable Replication.

   2. Select Supplier in the Replication Role field, enter a replica ID, as well as the distinguished name (DN) and password of the replication manager account to create:

      

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      These settings configure the host as a supplier for the dc=example,dc=com suffix and set the replica ID of this entry to 1.

      Important

      The replica ID must be a unique integer between 1 and 65534 for a suffix across all suppliers in the topology.

   3. Click Enable Replication.

4. Add a replication agreement and initialize the new server:

   1. On the Agreements tab, click Create Agreement, and fill the fields:

      

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      These settings create a replication agreement named example-agreement-supplier-to-hub. The replication agreement defines settings, such as the hub’s host name, protocol, and authentication information that the supplier uses when connecting and replicating data to this hub.

   2. Select Do Online Initialization in the Consumer Initialization field to automatically initialize the new server after saving the agreement.

   3. Click Save Agreement.

      After the agreement was created, Directory Server initializes hub.example.com. Depending on the amount of data to replicate, initialization can be time-consuming.

Verification

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

3. On the Agreements tab, verify the status of the agreement in the State column of the table.

   

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Procedure

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.
3. Click Enable Replication.

4. Select Consumer in the Replication Role field, and enter the replication manager account and the password to create:

   

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   These settings configure the host as a consumer for the dc=example,dc=com suffix. Additionally, the server creates the cn=replication manager,cn=config user with the specified password and allows this account to replicate changes for the suffix to this host.

5. Click Enable Replication.

Verification

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.
3. If the Replica Role field contains the value Consumer, replication is enabled, and the host is configured as a consumer.

Procedure

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

3. Add a replication agreement and initialize the consumer:

   1. On the Agreements tab, click Create Agreement, and fill the fields:

      

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      These settings create a replication agreement named example-agreement-hub-to-consumer. The replication agreement defines settings, such as the consumer’s host name, protocol, and authentication information that the hub uses when connecting and replicating data to this consumer.

   2. Select Do Online Initialization in the Consumer Initialization field to automatically initialize the consumer after saving the agreement.

   3. Click Save Agreement.

      After the agreement was created, Directory Server initializes consumer.example.com. Depending on the amount of data to replicate, initialization can be time-consuming.

Verification

1. Open the Replication menu.
2. Select the dc=example,dc=com suffix.

3. On the Agreements tab, verify the status of the agreement in the State column of the table.

   

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